Burial-vault.



J T. SUIT;

BURIAL VULT'. Y 4APPLIoAThIoN r'rmz'n nn. a1, 1909. l

' Patented .18.11.25, 191.19.

UNITED STATES, PATENT QFFIQE.

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SpecIcatIdY'Lettex-s Patent. Application sied Maren s1, 190e. serial my. 486,863,

-vaunn n To all it concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES T. SUIT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Paola,

, may be readily move In the drawi 4Fig., 5 isa detail perspective view of in the county of Miami and.State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Burial-Vaults, of which the following is a specification.' i L i f This invention relates to burial Vvaults and more particularly to a vault whchwillbe. absolutely watertight in construction.

AAnother object is to ovide'avault which from place to place without altering the position of the `casket; which .has been previously deposited therein..= A further object of this invention is t9.

' provide an improved vaultclosure by means' of which lthe vault will be hermetically l sealed.

A. still further object is'to provide imf proved means for supporting and lraising the casket out'of Contact with the sides of the vault.` 'With'these and' other'objccts in view the present invention consists in the` combinati'ola and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularlyA pointed `Out in the appendedclaims,

l'it being understood that changes in the spev. fragment of the interior ofthe vault illusimproved vault which is preferabl Y ond t bein tratmf; the means for locking'the supporting p nte, Fig. 6 is a .Side elevation of the wrench employed in securing the l closure upon thel end of the'vault.

Referringto the drawings, 1 indicates lmy cy 1ndtical in form and has one of its en s closed by means of the' removable head 3, the other' cast solid. The headr3 comprises the p ate 5 of slightly greater diameter than the body of the-vault, and has formed integrally therewith the? flange 6, the end of which i8. nteriqrly threaded -as at 7. The'flange 6 is formed Patented Janfss, 1910. i

approximatelyfmidwa" 'of its length, with an annular' bead 'orri .8' havingfoa its. inf

ner face Aa Vgroove 95.1.11. thisxgmove, is, adapted -tobe seated the. hollow rubber gas- -ket 10 which has frictional engagement ith.

the outer circumference of the vault 1.-, p, ta

pointI adjacent to the end Qi] the vinili, are. provided the. serewsthreads whlch mesh with the threads'7 the flange Oxthe head 3. to Secure. the Same. upon-thermal atth The end. plate. .51,isy.toelaat with a seeadnf ward! .proieetmgezaauulauav 12. :a:

Spec. relationthe ange 6. 1t 'much S Ovter than tha'- Same, thus. forming the.- Shallow groove 13., and providing a seat for. th' outer end of the vault L AThe ange 6 is'also provided with Erotuberances 6 by means `ofwhich a firm old may be secured evault.

with ...the wrench when it'is deslred to close n the vault. vThe exterior surface of the head may be formed with'an enlarged sectiorl` any lettering -may be Upon the interior 'Surface ofthe vault,

' adjacent to the end providedwith the head,

are the outwardly extending spaced guides 15 formed integral therewlth and having oppositely disposed vertical slots 16 which communicate with the guide slots 17, as

`shown in'Fig, 5. In the drawings, I have shown four-of theseguides, though it will.

' be understood that a. greater or less number may be' employed. Arms 19, which extend. outwardly fromA acentrally disposed supporting platel 18,v Vare provided with rectangular guide blocks 20, vwhich are of such dimensions .that they may be inserted through the slots 16 andbe confined between.

the guides 15 and the interior circumference of the vault. In the plate 18 is secured a central disk 21, upon the outer surface of which is pivotallyA mounted the leve;` 22.

The disk 21- may be threaded in a central: pening formed in the late 18, as shown in 1'.' One endof t islever is disposed at an angle'and is provided with a stud 23 which moves inan arcuate slot 24, formed.

in the di-sk 21, when th"lever is operated. A stop 25. is'secured to said disk to limit the movement of the-leveras will be later described. 'Upon the-inner endeof the .stud 23,-and a Smxllltnd 26 c ast integral with i -the closed end ofitlib vault, is pivotally l with a single eye 34 inte with. These eyes'are adapted to be placed -and lever 22 operate .by means of the stop supported -the rack 27 which ,will*now be described in detail.

The rack 27 comprises the side bars 28,

the cross bar 29 connecting said side bars at their opposite ends and ltzhe stay rods 30."

A roller 31, havingbearings inthe side bars 28 and spaced from the bar 29, materially assists m the placing of,.the casket upon the' rack. A truck 32 is also mounted upon the side bars 28 and is adapted to suppprt the front end of the casket, as lit. -is

ing inserted .into the vault. To the ends 0f the side barsare pivotally connected the -angularly disposed, inwardly extending rods 33 which are provided at their meeting ends rally formed thereover the studs 23 and 26 thus supportingr the casket rack. The stud'26 is not in longitudinal alinementwith the stud 23 until the casket has been laced upon the rack d) to raise the same to a horizontal position. When the parts are in this position, the upper end 0f the lever 22 has passed the pivotal point of the same and vthe lower end bears against the stop 25 thus preventing the continuous movement of the lever due to the weightof the casket.

' In. placing the? casket within the vault, the.

plate 18 is removed, and the'rear endfof the'rack is supported upon the stud 26. The

rackassumes a longitudinally. inclined position from the rear to the front of the vault,`V

and the end of the casket is placed upon the truck ,32. VThe casket isnow forced-to the rear end of the vault, and the plate 18 positioned in the front open end thereof, the arms 19 being engaged in the guides 15. The forward end of the casket and rack is elevated until the e e 34 formed upon the upper end lof the rofl 33 is engaged over the stud 23 carried upon the end of the "lever 22. The weight of the casket will cause the lever to be moved to the position shown in Fig. 2,

wherein the casket and rack are securely held against further downward movement.

` in 25.V AThe positioning of the casket witliin the vault may be very quickly accomplished, and securely conlined therem by-means of the end closure plate 5.

From the foreffoing it will be seen thatI lhave rovided a'lmrial vaultnvhich may be move from place to place or even rolled upon the ground withoutdisplacing the casket contained therein.

While the vault would referabl be const'ructed of cast iron, I o Vn`ot wlshto be limited thereto as th'ere are many other materials which would serve equally as well.

My improved vault is also absolutely waterroof by reason :of the peculiar construction "o1-,the screw threaded head.

In'- Fig, 6,4 I "h'ave illustrated ar'wrench which isadmirably adapted for turning the head 3, though it. willbe understood that any form of wrench may be used.

What is claimed 1s: 1. A burial vault comprising in combination, acylindrical vault casin of its ends closed, a removabie headupon the other end of said vault, a removable supportlng late in said vault casing, and studs exten ing inwardly from said plate and the rear end of the'vault casingadapted to pivotally support a casket rack.

2. A burial vault comprising in combination, a cylindrical vaultl casing having one of its ends closed, a removable head uponthe other end ofsaid vault, a removable supporting platein said casing, a disk sehaving one cured in said plate, alever .pivoted to said disk, having an inwardly projecting stud formed upon one end thereof, 'and a stud extending inwardly from the rear closed` end of the vault, said studs being adapted in said supporting plate, an arcuate slot in' "said `"disk, a lever pivoted' to said diskrhav-V` ing a lug u on its outer end adapted to projectthro'ug said slot, and adapted to supf o rtl the other end of said rack, and a stop or limiting the movement of said lever.

4.-. A burial vault comprising-in combina-.

tion a cylindrical vault casing-having one of its ends closed, a removab e head upon the other end' of said vaultV casing, a `sup' porting plate provided with outwardly er; tendinoP arms, said arms being removably secured in guides formed upon 4the inner surface of said vault, a casket rack havin upwardly andv inwardly extending pivote arms, an inwrdly proJecting lug upon EthI closed end o supporting plate whereby the rack will bia maintained in a horizontal position. j 5. A burial vault comprismg in combina,- ton 'a cylindrical vault casing having one of its ends closed, a removab head upon the other end of said' vault, a :ack pivotally supported within said vault casing and'comprisin two parallel side bars, 'a cross bar secure tothe ends of said side bars, a'rolle'r mounted betweenl said sidebars, upwardly and .inwardly extending cured to the end s of said side bars and provided with .eyes atl their-upperends, a.

latforrnmovabl mounted upon said-iside ars, and stay ro s'connecting said side bars Yand spacing the same.

ivoted arms se- Y said vault casin'g and sail 11s I toelevate the casket to a central 6. A burial vvault comprising in combina` l tion, a vault casing, a casket rack pivotally supported 'within said'vault, and a lever connected to one end of said rack adapted horizontal position in said vault. 7. A burial vault comprising in combination, a vault casing having one of its ends closedg a removable head upon the other end 1,0 of'said vault, aremovable supporting plate in said vaultjcasing, a casket/rack disposed within said \'ault, and a lever pivoted to said sup orting plate adapted to elevate sald rack an casket.

in presence. of two Witnesses.

JAMES, T. SUIT.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature, 15

, Witnesses:

FRED T. SPANOBLE, WM. CROWELMJ r. 

